Vegetable cutter



Jan. 13, 1931 c l s 1,789,012

VEGETABLE CUTTER Filed Aug. 2, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l J0 I1??? I aways Jan. 13, 1931 c. MATTHIAS 1 1,789,012

VEGETABLE CUTTER Filed Aug. 2, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 :51- 1 e the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Patented Jan, 13, 1931 CHARLES marmnrhs, orn me Wisconsin f 'mms wem Application filed august 2, 1929. seriaiNmi'ssa922l'5 i This invention pertains to vegetable cut-- ters,and more particularly to a light, port-' able, and comparatively inexpensive appara tus for household'usefin cutting orshred- 5 ding cabbage and the like, such as is neces sary in making sauer kraut.

Incidental to the foregoing, a more specific object resides in the provision of a portable receptacle which may be placed over the: top

of a conventional tub or vat andjprovided with a partition for dividing avegetable re ceiving compartment or hopper to hold the vegetables stationary as the cutters are. ro .tated. I a

A still further object resides in the provision of an apparatus of the foregoingcharacter in which thereceiving hopper is provided with a rotatablebottom which carries the cutting knives.

positionedupon vats or tubs ofvarious sizes. WVith the above and other objects in View, which will appear as the description prostruction, combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter described and more particularly defined by the appended claim, it being understood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the herein disclosedinvention may be made as come within the scope of the claim. 7

In the accompanying drawings is illustrated one complete exampleof the physical embodiment of the present invention constructed according to the best mode so far devised for the practical application'of the principles thereof. c

In the drawings, Figure 1 i'san elevation of present invention, with parts broken away and in section to more clearly illustrate structural details; FignreQis a bottom plan View;

Figure 3 is a transver-sesection takenon F igure 4 is adetail section of one of the cutters, takenon the line 4t4:vof Figure 2; and i Figure isfa fragmentary elevational Another object resides in the provision of supporting means to permit the cutter to be ceeds, the invention resides in the novel cona cutter constructed in accordance with the,

tailillustrating theapplication of the cutter to, a barrel or vat. 7 .7

Referring now more particularly to the. ac- T companying drawings, the numeral l rde signates'ian' annular base on'rwhichis mounted 5'5".

acyhndricalhopper 2,;securedtothe base b'y .aretaining flange}:

. provided a with a central annular opening fl of substantially'the' same diameter as the hop} per-f2, and adjacent the opening. {lithe base is cut away at its bottom face to provide an] annular rece ss,5, inwhich; is mounted an annular bottom plate 6". ;S 6C11IQdjt0 the under I face of the bottom 6, adjacent its periphery,

is an annulartr-ack 7 which is engaged by rollers? 8 carried by the brackets 9 secured tothe-bottom ofthe base 51. It will thusbe I seen that the bottom '6 is rotatably held in engagement with the base 1, thusprovidingv a closure for thebottom ofthehopper. 2.

As bes ee n F g re t 'e'h provided withopp os'ed radial openings 10 in which. are positioned cutter knives 11, the, cnttingedge of which; projects above the top n f qeni e; b m to. fiect fihw t P- era-tionto be hereinafter described. t

Figure 3, theppartitions -l3 are'."slightlyf' I spaced apart to receive a bracket llsecured' to the base 1.

The bracketl l serves a s albearin g for the v vuppergendioftheishaft15,-,the lower end of 1 whichjs-flsecured to. the bottom plate .6 'by a 1 means of; nuts 16 thread-ed thereon uponopposite; sides; of-the ,bottom. A transverse br '1 a w rw a be i f r e lower end {of the shaft 15, which insures.

, proper galignment-bf the bottomrfi with-the o ing the space upon delivering the sa me to the hopper. 7 a 7,

As best shown in Figures 2 and 5, the base:

' 1 has securedto its bottom face" atspaced Obvi0usly, the spaced lugs will permit intervals brackets 20, eachof whichis 'pro-' 'videdwith spacedlugs-Ql formed by punching o'ut tongues of the plate. Thus whenthe I cutter is placed upon the'tub or vat=12,the'- top edge of the latter will be engaged be-V tween the lugs 21 to securely hold the cutter disposed between the partition plates and having an opening in its intermediate p0rtion, a transverse brace member having its ends secured to the bracketadjacent the ends of said bracket, ,a central vertical shaft journalled in the opening in the bracket,

a disc-like bottom'member normallyclosing' the central opening in the I base, means for securing the bottom member to said shaft,

said bottom being provided with opposed radial openings; knivespositio11ed within said openin s and carried by said bottom and rollers carried by said base for supporting i In testimony that'I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee,- in the county of. Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, f

on -'-the tub, as the sameis being operatecb mounting of the cutter upon tubsflor vats of variousdlameters I CHARLES MATTHIAS;

1 0p'cration, the vegetables, such' cab r bage, are fed into the hopper-2 upon oppositesides of the partition plates 3 and upon rotation of the shaft 15, the bottom 6 will.

bcrotated upon'the' rollers 8, and the knives carried thereby will" engage the vegetables which are held against rotation by'the parti tion plates, and will shred or cut the same into particles of any desired size.

From the foregoingldescrlption taken in connection with thedrawings, it will be quite apparent thata very simple andinexpensive vegetable. cutter has been provided which materially facilitates the cuttin -of Y such vegetablesas cabbage, for the'ma ingofsauer kraut, andwhich can be readily transportedfrom onevat to another, when desired. I

'It will also be appreciated that "by the provision of a pair of-opposedcutting knives and the division of the hopper into two' compartments,the speed of'the cutting operation is materially reduced, in that two cuts'are' made during each rotationof the bottom 6.

While I have shown'and described manual- 7 means" for operating the cutter, it'will be readily understood that various forms of power drives may be employed without de.- parting from the invention.

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' A ovegetable cutter comprising a cylindrical hopper, an fan'nular base provided with acentral opening of substantially the same diameter as the hopper,"'a pairof -spaced vertically disposed partition plates arranged within said hopper, aU-shapedbracket arranged within the hopper an'd havingits 7 C end-S Hl'ed to theb'asejsaid bracket-being] 

